and in addition, spacex and perhaps others considered that the engines are coming from russia. if we're putting ourselves on a critical path where we require mr. putin's cooperation in successfully launching our vehicles, this could be a problem in the future. >> peter, elon musk has been playing a bigger role in washington, sort of flexing his muscles. how do you see this playing out? >> well, it was interesting just to see in the performance at the press conference today, first of all, we had all of this mystery around the press conference, be there at 1:00 at the national press club where there was an announcement. we didn't know what he was talking about. he started first of all about the success of the reusable rocket, the safe landing in the ocean. a lot of us were waiting to hear the real news. we were sort of aware of that. he dropped in passing the notion of the lawsuit and this competition, it shows you that he is still learning the way of washington, still trying to flex his muscles in washington. he is a very popular figure given the success of tesla, given the prom